Websites
American Heart Association
Just Move
Internet: www.justmove.org
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Aim for a Healthy Weight
Internet: www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health
We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition)
Internet: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/index.htm
Shape Up America!
Internet: www.shapeup.org
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
MyPyramid
Internet: www.mypyramid.gov
USDA
MyPyramid for Kids
Internet: www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html
Inclusion of resources is for information only and does not imply endorsement by NIDDK or WIN.
Weight-control Information Network
1 WIN Way
Bethesda, MD 20892–3665
Phone: (202) 828–1025
Toll-free number: 1–877–946–4627
FAX: (202) 828–1028
E-mail: win@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.win.niddk.nih.gov
The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health, which is the Federal Government’s lead agency responsible for biomedical research on nutrition and obesity. Authorized by Congress (Public Law 103–43), WIN provides the general public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up-to-date, science-based health information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues.
Publications produced by WIN are reviewed by both NIDDK scientists and outside experts. This fact sheet was also reviewed by Steven Blair, P.E.D.
